No. No one honestly does. Nor Putin.
Zerohedge reports that those two are in discussions to drop the US$ and use their respective currencies in trade. I believe this meeting signals the beginning of that arrangement.

[31] February 8, 2015 at 7:28pm

I see. So when Germany (aka the only real money in the EU), says, “Sorry Greece, no deal.” Greece will do what exactly?

Ventura is a bit of a tool, and a loud mouth, but he was a SEAL before they were Seals, and served in Vietnam. Kyle was a hero but he was known by many of his friends as a Texas tall tale teller, and a prankster too.

Kyle had a good and true story to tell, but he mixed it with some crazy stuff that simply did not happen. As far as the punching Ventura story, I was behind Kyle 100%, mainly because I wanted it to be true, but I’ve since read a lot of the testimony, and now I’m pretty sure it didn’t happen.

Ventura didn’t do himself any service by suing Kyle’s estate, but I do believe that although loud mouth jerk Ventura may be, he was unjustly defamed by Kyle.

And your relationship or true to life knowledge of these tales comes from where.Sealed records only you know about.

[17] January 29, 2015 at 5:36am

SacredHonor1776 responded:

http://www.startribune.com/local/267170441.html
There were other 'witnesses' that say it happened . I wonder why Jesse didn't sue them as well.

[2] January 29, 2015 at 10:50am

SquareHead responded:

SacredHonor1776,
Based on your post you should change your name to SacredSheep1984

[2] January 29, 2015 at 11:49pm

FatFreedom responded:

Thank you Ranger for your commitment to truth. I am no fan of Ventura and I am a Huge fan of the truth no matter who states it.

[8] January 30, 2015 at 10:53am

Sparky101 responded:

Ranger, Jesse was no SEAL, and he did not serve in Viet Nam.
Jesse was a UDT member, but never took the extra 26 week SEAL training and hence was not a SEAL. When the UDT ranks were disbanded, the SEALS took over their responsibilities.
Further, Jesse never got closer to Viet Nam than the Subic Bay Naval Base, PI.
That Jesse continues to identify himself as a member of the SEAL team, is just another indication of his lack of integrity. He said it himself "“A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can’t have honor if you’re a liar. There is no honor in lying,” Hence, his self-identification with the SEALs implicates him as a "man of no honor" in his own words.
Kyle on the other hand not only completed SEAL training and qualified as a SEAL, he took additional training and qualified as a sniper. He is way above Jesse in these qualifications, plus he actually served in a war (Jesse did not).
While Jesse only attained the rank of E4 during his 6 years in the Navy, Chris Kyle was a Navy Chief E7. While Jesse was authorized to wear two easily achieved ribbons, Chris Kyle did that too, but was also awarded two medals for actual bravery in war - the Silver Star and the Bronze Star.
While Jesse has sued anyone he thought he could get money from, Chris Kyle simply did his extremely dangerous job well and after his service he went out to help others - not try to bilk them. Big, big differences.

[1] January 30, 2015 at 7:40pm

smokehillfarm responded:

Bull. Do some research.
He was never a SEAL, never set foot in Vietnam, and now admits it. Where have you been the past few years?
He COULD have volunteered for the additional training to become a SEAL (beyond the basic UDT course), when the SEALS were begging the UDT teams for volunteers. He opted to NOT do it and sat on his butt in the Philippines instead.
He owes an apology to all real combat vets, but the old fraud isn't man enough to apologize for lying about Vietnam, and his imaginary "combat."
If he ever "hunted man," as he once claimed, it must have been in the gay bars in Manila.

[138] January 26, 2015 at 1:48pm

Shot across the bow my A**!
Let me get this straight. The newly elected Greek leader whose entire lazy, and corrupt economy is essentially funded by Germany, is laying flowers in order to shame Germany for their Nazi past, in the hopes that Germany will be too ashamed to say no to further fund the corrupt black hole of Europe?
Are they really that childish and stupid? Because if they are, no sane “Adult” government should give them a dime.
A shot across the bow would be the Greeks stepping up, and doing something about their situation, not being the childish welfare queens of Europe.

yep they are that childish. You have to be childish to embrace the Marxist left.

[28] January 26, 2015 at 6:16pm

witnesstothecarnage responded:

Shaming the innocent for something in the past, to milk them of all you can...
What a concept... I'm so glad no one is doing that to Americans.

[15] January 26, 2015 at 6:19pm

Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve responded:

If Greece owes you a few million dollars, then Greece has a problem. If Greece owes you billions? Well, Germany has the problem. Shoulda, oughta, etc....pfft. This is international finance being played with monopoly money being conjured out of thin air. The Greeks have leverage. They are playing it.
We've crossed a Rubicon, and y'all have to understand that. This isn't about "well golly gee Greece should pay their debts". Look at what the Swiss national bank did. Look at what we are doing with the Saudi's to jack up oil prices to punish the Russians who in turn are selling Greenbacks like crazy and becoming buddies with the Chinese who very well might end up being the reserve currency...which oh by the way...pretty much ends our fake way of life.
It is financial endgame right now. "Owes" is a relative term. Just like I'm sure people who own US debt just love being paid interest with money freshly printed. We've been welching on commitments since 1971.
The crocodile tears are for the weak and uninformed. Get a helmet or go home.

[15] January 26, 2015 at 6:47pm

makingout responded:

Roth, "Jack up the oil prices"? First of all, OPEC DROPPED their prices to stop us from becoming energy independent, second, Obozo had nothing to do with it, third, the Russian economy tanking is just a welcome side effect from OPEC's actions. OPEC is more afraid of fracking than they are of Russia, that's the only reason oil prices are down.

[10] January 26, 2015 at 9:46pm

watchingitall responded:

However, if the Chinese yuan becomes the reserve currency, it will for sure be the end of our way of life. I remember back in 2010 the German Finance Minister criticizing the U.S. for printing/living on borrowed money — sobering. We’ll need God’s intervention because there is no way most of these enormous debts are going to be repaid (worldwide).

Possibly the Greek people have said simply no to this 21st Century version of indentured servitude. The ECB failed big-time in its failure to vet the Grecian ability to sustain its debt. It's called due diligence on the part of the lender.
Maybe Greece should do a Dr.Mahatir (Malaysia) and lock in all the foreign investment and put in capital controls. When the chips are down, it's simply like the game of Monopoly - change the rules.
All kidding aside, we should hope that the EU can cobble together some way to secure the union. If Greece goes, inevitably other weak states will follow. The ripple effect and unintended consequences of this happenstance are too scary to contemplate. Maybe the game is over.

If abortion is murder then the only argument that justifies a case of abortion would be; When is killing another human being NOT murder?

War comes to mind, but since a fetus is incapable of being an enemy combatant, or posing a threat to a national entity, I guess that argument would be out.

State sanctioned execution for committing a capitol crime is another, but again that’s not credible or possible either.

So we are left with only one credible justification. Self defense. If it’s likely that the mother would be severely injured or killed by giving birth. Although such conditions are rare, and make up an incredibly small percentage of cases, it does occur. In such cases a decision to abort could not be judged as murder, by any definition. The mother and if there is a father would have to make a decision. Does the mother risk it? Obviously no doctor is perfect in their opinion, and many supposed “lethal” births went off without a hitch, some did not, and resulted in the death of the mother. Some resulted in the death of both the child and the mother.

In such cases I do not believe the “State” or anyone else has the right to make such decisions, ever! When your A** is on the line then You, and only You, get to make the call.

Other than this very limited case, I would agree with the principles that this author details in this piece.

Agree ranger. There is a caveat for life of the mother. Eptopic pregnancies occur and in that situation no one makes it if the pregnancy is not terminated. I went to a Catholic University and the rule of thumb the professor taught was "Whatever action which will lead to the creation of more Catholic babies is usually where the Church goes." When the life of the mother is threatened they would be okay with abortion because the mother could always have more babies later.

[-1] January 23, 2015 at 6:09pm

808Patriot responded:

@Ranger
"So we are left with only one credible justification. Self defense."
I believe your self defense scenario requires proof the unborn baby "intends" to harm/kill the mother. Merely claiming a person walking towards you on a sidewalk "intended" harm is not enough. There has to be a provable intent. Having a medical condition while pregnant does not show intent.

[1] December 19, 2014 at 2:37pm

I think people are forgetting that this attack wasn’t a threat, or bad language. It was the single most successful hacker attack in modern history. Sony is a private company that made a decision that they felt was in their best interest.

The real question is: Why is it necessary for an Atheist to have Ten Commandments? Why not 5, or 7, or 22 commandments, or none at all?

The problem with Atheism is that rather than doing its own thing, and not worrying about what other’s think, they are constantly in attack mode against everyone that doesn’t believe as they do. Why someone who doesn’t believe in the existence of God would even care what a Christian does or thinks is beyond me.

If they are the enlightened, the brilliant, firmly rooted in logic, and the elite of the human race as they claim, why are they so ill-willed, nasty, and hateful to everyone that doesn’t believe as they do? Honestly if the product of the Atheist religion is an arrogant and ugly person I can understand why they are, and always will be, a small minority of nasty people who believe in nothing but themselves.

Mimicking and mocking are the only tools Satan has when trying to replicate or discount God. You can see by the list that it only mimics in that it is a list of 10 ideas telling people how to be. Many are the same idea reworded without clarifying actual differences in intent. Others negate each other. It’s even interesting that they feel it valuable to have one that specifies the existence of God while not needing one. Without God Atheists have nothing to do therefore they need God in order to have their beliefs so even with all their heads put together they still acknowledge God by putting Him into their self chosen commandments, though perhaps subconsciously.

[36] December 16, 2014 at 12:14pm

History has shown us that when it’s a choice between a Democratic Flaming Liberal, and a GOP sponsored Liberal Light candidate, the Conservative base stays home or votes third party…every single time. This always ensures a Democratic victory.

He is a diabolical idiot. At least that is the conclusion I came to some time back.

[1] December 12, 2014 at 1:31pm

Cavallo responded:

How is it any different than a gas station attendant getting accused of slapping his wife at home. Should the store manager butt his way into such a situation? Why is it an employers responsibility to get in the middle of domestic misdemeanors? As a manager are you to now pry your way into the private lives of your employees?

[204] December 11, 2014 at 5:18pm

Their would have been no need for an arrest if this happened at my house.

I have a CCW and I do carry - but 90% of the time I am not wearing a jacket so if the would be car-jacker would please be so kind as to just wait here while I go and retrieve my weapon from my coat in the back seat --- then all would be great....

[9] December 11, 2014 at 3:36pm

RANGER1965 responded:

There are thousands of scenarios where you can see yourself getting caught by a bad guy with your pants down, and are able to do nothing.
But for the unarmed the number is infinite.

[103] December 11, 2014 at 12:14pm

“I think activists are always taking responsibility for what they are doing,” he said. “We clearly underestimated the sensitivity of the situation.”

No, I’ll no longer vote for the “he’s the only chance we got guy” picked by the media and the GOP power mongers. I’ll vote my conscious, and if Cruz were to run I’d vote for him in a second. Even if I thought he didn’t stand a snowflake’s chance in hell of winning.

Nor do I pretend to know what the answer is to this problem. But based on what I am observing, America is hungry for bread and circuses, not the painful truth.

He can’t win the primary much less a general election. That’s simply the hard truth.

The Tea Party conservatives attempt to take over the GOP has made some inroads but are not even close to any form of conservative reformation of the RHINO’s that still have solid control of the party. Therefore he will not come close to winning a Republican primary if he runs.

But let’s say a miracle occurs and he does. Now Cruz is facing the Democratic nominee. Now contrast Cruz, who is telling Americans the truth, and talking about hard choices, tightening our belts, and economic storms that we will have to weather with the Democrat who is telling everyone about how things are better than ever, and how he/she will be opening up the largess of the Federal Government and giving people “Free” stuff.

Consider for a moment that the current American public voted for Obama twice. Regardless of these polls that seem to tell us American’s are center-right, the proof is in the pudding or pulling the voting lever anyway. Do you think the majority of Americans will vote for Cruz?

As sad as it sounds - I think I side with you.
You have two lines -- one guy (or gal) is handing out $100 bills for votes and one guy says - "we can't afford this anymore - but vote for me anyway" --
Guess what --
We're screwed

December 10, 2014 at 6:41pm

HOUNDHOUSE responded:

Regan was not GOP insider and he won….it is the exposure he(Cruz) needs along with a truck load of money. The folks voted out these Democrats and most are sick and tired of the bullcrap that’s going on in DC…All the White House assbites should be doing the perk walk and sized up by the other inmates as their future concubines. talking about anal flushing…..just saying

December 10, 2014 at 6:51pm

ds5scott responded:

Maybe not. To be safe You should help democrats get Jeb to run and then lose.

[3] December 10, 2014 at 6:52pm

RANGER1965 responded:

@ERIC
That's how I see it. The problem isn't Cruz, it's the majority of the American Voters.

[2] December 10, 2014 at 6:57pm

RANGER1965 responded:

@ds5
No, I'll no longer vote for the "he's the only chance we got guy" picked by the media and the GOP power mongers. I'll vote my conscious, and if Cruz were to run I'd vote for him in a second. Even if I thought he didn't stand a snowflake's chance in hell of winning.
Nor do I pretend to know what the answer is to this problem. But based on what I am observing, America is hungry for bread and circuses, not the painful truth.